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September 12, 2008

PIPELINE RIGHT-OF-WAY RESTORATION

One of the major concerns expressed by landowners along the proposed Palomar Gas Transmission pipeline right of way is that the permanent easement for the pipeline will leave lasting marks on the landscape and take agricultural land out of production.

The industry’s experience with more than 300,000 miles of interstate natural gas pipelines in the U.S. is that it can be very hard to tell where a pipeline is buried just a year or two after construction. And in all but a few cases, agricultural land is able to return to its previous productivity within one or two seasons of construction.

Palomar has prepared several photographs of other pipeline projects in Oregon constructed by Gas Transmission Northwest, which is partnering with NW Natural to build Palomar. See if you can determine where the pipeline is buried in the photographs.